The Sounds of Music
Directed by Jeff Davison
Music Directed by Matt Horn
Performance dates: May 31, June 1, 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 2024
Location: Outdoor Greek Theatre on the Cranbrook Campus in Bloomfield Hills
Synopsis: The Sound of Music is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the 1949 memoir of Maria von Trapp, The Story of the Trapp Family Singers. Set in Austria on the eve of the Anschluss in 1938, the musical tells the story of Maria, who takes a job as governess to a large family while she decides whether to become a nun. She falls in love with the children, and eventually their widowed father, Captain von Trapp.
Many songs from the musical have become standards, including "Do-Re-Mi", "My Favorite Things", "Edelweiss", "Climb Ev'ry Mountain", and the title song "The Sound of Music".
St. Dunstan's Theatre
400 Lone Pine Road
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304
United States